Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1876 — Page 7

Boys’ Sport—A Little Story With a Moral.

A ease has recently Keen developed here, from which a strong moral could he drawn, and in case it happens to be known, to any instructor of youth, he will undoubtedly make use of it, much to the edification of the aforesaid youth. But thitflln th* language of the novelist, is a digression. Some three or fotfr years ago Charley Scribner, aon of Hon. C. H. Scribner, and Leo Miner, son of Mr. D. H. Miner, were playmates and firm friends, and were in each other's company constantly. Although at that time but twelve or thirteen years of age, they were both great readers, and took especial delight in telegraphy, and anything relating to electricity. The taste they had for such matters was gratified, and soon they began stui Tying the science. Both of the boys then lived on Huron street, near each other, and, after pursuing their studies on electricity for awhile, they strptched a wire from one house to the other, rigged, up some old batteries and instruments obtained of the Western Union Company, and telegraphed messages from house to house. Not long after that Mr. Scribner moved to his present residence, on the corner of Indiana avenue and Fifteenth street, nearly two miles from his former dwelling-place. This for a while put a stop to the boys’ sport. But they went to work and, alone and unaided, stretched a wife from Mr. Miner’s house, on Huron street, to Mr. Scribner’s. At this time they bought new instruments and had become proficient operators. It should be that all this w’ork —adjusting the ihstruments, making the batteries and stretching the wire—had been done by these two boys. The pleasure and experience gained by this pastime and study developed in Leo Miner a taste for mechanics, which, as he grew older, constantly increased, and he is now a member of the Engineers’ Corps at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he is pursuing his studies with that energy and ardor which characterized his efforts here. Charley Scribner, on the other hand, made a study of electricity, and has, although comparatively young in years, completely mastered it. Last spring his investigations and studies resulted in his inventing an improved “repeater,” for use on telegraph instruments. He took his plans to Chicago, where a model was made, and on which he has received letthebufeau Thelmprovement was tried in Chicago by the Manager of the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, who was so pleased with Charley’s knowledge of all branches of telegraphy, and liis modest manner, that he offered him then and there a lucrative and responsible position, but Charley hardly felt like accepting the place, so he returned home, where he nas since been engaged in pursuing his studies. In the meantime the manager has been in constant correspondence wnth him and his father,, and finally succeeded in getting them th consent to Charley’s accepting the position. The young electrician will have the entire care of the instruments of the company in Chicago, and as only a thoroughly competent person is intrusted with tins duty, it will be seen that he has a position of no little importance and responsibility. Charley left last night for his post, taking with him the best wishes of a host of friends. Here it will be seen that what at first was only intended for a mere pastime, was the means of obtaining, for these boys at least, the positions where they can make a mark in the world, and they will do it.— Toledo Blade.

A Baby Show in Texas.

The baby show took place yesterday afternoon at the Pagoda on the Fair Grounds, and in the second story of it, which, by the way, Reminds one of the hurricane-deck of a steamboat, and the number and violence of the squalls did not go far to dispel the illusion. In order to encourage Mr. Samuel Bennett, wlft) provided the prize perambulator, about nineteen babies had put in their appearances. These said babies, in the goodness of their hearts, had also brought their mothers along, and these ladies seemed to take as much interest in the show as the babies themselves. We suppose the babies brought their mothers along to keep them out of mischief. Be-* side the babies and the young mothers, there were quite a number of ladies and gedtlemen present who were not «babies, and had not been babies for some time, who came because they once had been babies, and wished to And out if the human race was not deteriorating. There were various styles of babies there. There was the serene, contemplative baby, that quietly devoured the landscape with its eyes. When that kind of a baby grows up he becomes a heavy taxpayer, and accumulates real estate, ana is regarded, and justly, too, as highly respectable. Then there was the disorderly baby, that punches its mother in the nose, and snatches everybody who comes near it baldheaded and is as disorderly as a cage full of wildcats. In after life that style of baby climbs the ladder of fame as a policeman or as a desperado. There we noticed, too, the smiling baby. It made friends with perfect strangers twenty yards distant. It would take an earthquake to stop that style of child from crowing. When that kind of child grows up he becomes popular, and is elected Justice of the Peace, or United States Senator, like Gov. Coke. Then, too, there was the hungry infant that called for the bill of fare. When that child becomes fully developed, mentally and Jhysically, it becomes contemplative, oins the ministry and becomes a terror to spring chickens. There were several othet styles of baby, but we can’t devote so much space to small fry. We have not mentioned how the female babies Would turn out on account of the uncertainty of the sex. There was some difficulty in obtaining judges to pass on the infants. Whenever a! gdntleman Was .requested to act as a judge he was singularly unanimous in refusing to bring down on himself the wrath of the babies who might not get the perambulator. As it was absolutely certain that there would not be less than seventeen of those enraged cherubs, We do not blame them so much, after all. Besides, these insulted little cubs have mothers, fathers and other relatives. No wonder there was a certain unwillingness to intrude At last five heroic men were found to Set as judges. The mothers seated themselves in a circle, with their infants on their laps, the judges made, the rounds on trembling limbs, gazed falteringly at each infant, and than, with blanched faces, consulted htirrieldy together, cast their ballots, looking over their shoulders at the determined faces of the mothers, and then hurried down the stairs and out of the pagoda, and are by this time doubtless safe m some country that has no extradition treaty with the United States. It was understood mat the awards would not be

called until the judges had ten minutes' start. We would like to make some extended suggestions on thia subject, but space prohibits. If we were one of the judges, no matter how rounded the limbs of an in-, fant might be, no matter how many dimples It sported on its chin, It might smile like a lady with a new set of false teeth, and might be able to play one of Beethoven’s immortal symphonies on a piano besides, it would never get our rote unless its father made affidavit that he had never walked it about at night, and it was regular and decorous in its behavior toward all the members of the family. That is die style of baby that ought to be encouraged. That’s the kind of baby that deserves perambulators and mugs and Kind words in the papers. It may have red hair and speckled complexion, but it is nevertheless the only style of baby that is really a Well-spring of joy to its parents and a credit to the community.— Ban Antonio Herald.

" Wishing to Know.”

Charles Marie La Condamine was member of the Academie des Sciences, of the Academie Francaise, of the Hoyal Society of London, and the Academies of Berlin and St. Petersburg. His success in life, in science—everything, in fact—was attributable to his never-ceasing curiosity; at times the cause of much goo. 1 , imbuing him with ardor, and courage, and constancy in the most difficult enterprises: at others being the cause of sore trouble, and at last costing him his life. When he left college he became a volunteer in the army, where, at the siege of Roses, his dominant passion was almost fatal to him at the outset. He had hscended some elevated spot, without there being any need for it, in order to examine the place, and was busy watching through a telescope the working of a battery. He wore a scarlet cloak, which made him an easy target for the bullets and balls whistling around him, without even perceiving the danger he was exposed to. Fortunately he was warned in time. Peace having been proclaimed, his activeness did not brook the slow advancement and monotonous life of a garrison soldier. He was appointed Assistant Chemical Director of the Academie des Sciences. He undertook many journeys in the heart of Africa, always prompted by the same indefatigable craving for “wishing to know.” He made another journey to the equator; and then he traveled in Italy, where again he got into numerous scrapes trying to find out. One day he sees in a fishing village a candle burning before the image of a saint. Upon inquiry the inhabitants tell him that should the lieht be extinguished the spot would immediately be submerged by the sea. “Are you sure of what yod are saying ?” asks La Condamine. The answer beingin the affirmative, he there and then blows it out. The rage of the superstitious people may easily be imagined. With difficulty he is saved from being torn to pieces. His curiosity ought to have stopped here one would say. Naturam expolltu furca, tamen tuque recurret. Attempt to drive nature away by violence, she will still return. He became very infirm at last, and then his master passion was entirely confined to his sight. One day being in the apartment of Mme. de Choiseul, while that lady was writing a letter, he could not withstand the temptation to look over her shoulder. She, noticing him behind her, continued as if nothing had happened. Suddenly Condamine catches sight of the words: “ I should tell you more about it, if M. De la Condamine were not behind me looking over my shoulder.” “Ah Madame!” cries the accused. “I assure you I was not looking.” At the execution of Damiens no one could drive him away from the scaffold. But at last he was taken ill. A young surgeon had proposed to the Academie some new mode of operation in the disease Condamine was suffering from, and during the whole time the experiment lasted the patient was more concerned with watching the handling of the instruments than with his own sufferings. In vain did Esculapius implore him to keep quiet. “ I want to see,” he repeated. The wounds being bound up and the patient left alone on a fair way toward recovery, he could not lie still; in spite of the injunction not to move, he persisted in taking off the bandages to find out the effects; and when his friends burst into the room and found him dying, he shouted out lustily: “lam glad "I inquired into this. It has had the effect I anticipated; that’s a clever young man.”— Tinsley's Magazine.

The Great Hurricane in British India.

The terrible hurricane which has just desolated three populous islands in the Indian Ocean is probably the most destructive of life of anv on record. Its victims can now only "be numbered by hundreds of thousands, and the latest reports only tell of its wider sweep. The storm occurred on the 31st of October, and first reports put the loss at 5,000 lives. It is likely to reach nearly, if not quite, half a million. Such a disaster is almost beyond the range of conception. A number of people equal to the whole number of soldiers who perished in our late war on both sides, swept into eternity by a single storm! ' The nature of cyclones—or, as they are more properly called when they reach this grand scale, hurricanes—is generally understood. Forming near the""equator, they taove away from it in a northerly or southerly direction at the rate of from ten to fl ft} miles per hour, with a whirlingmotioQ of such terrible force as to sweep everything before them. Moving acrossj the ocean, the pressure upon the water forces a mountainous wave before them, its size and force varying with the amount of Pressure and velocity of the hurricane. n this case the pressure and velocity were such as to drive the wave across the populous islands, inundating the whole country and leaving scarce » living being behind. The hurricanes are often accompanied by terrible storms of rain, as much as ten inches having fallen in the course of one of them. They vary in breadth from ten to 1,000 miles, usually spreading gradually as they move and decreasing in force. A layer of warm moist air In their course, however, often serves to maintain their full force for days.. Before reaching our latitude, however,'they have usually spent their most destructive force. The islands swept by this hurricane belong to British India, and are inhabited mainly by Hindoos, though there are also very many Mohammedan residents. The lands are fertile and produce abundant harvests of riee, opium and other tropical products of value. It is likely that the desolate islands will be again inhabited after a short time, as the danger~of hurricanes is net greater than before, and not greater than in all tropical countrffc— Buffalo Bipreu. —The contractor for the stone work of Horace Greeley'a monument has been arrested for embezzlement. ,

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Pork Chops—Breaded.—Trim off the fat well, dip first in beaten egg, then in fine bread crumbs, and fry in aide drip- , pings, having first seasoned well with salt ana pepper. —Ham for Breakfast.—Chop coarsely some cold boiled ham, put in a fry pan with a little butter and pepper. When hot, stir in several eggs. When well set, pour on nice squares of buttered toast, and serve. —Pork and Apple Pie.—Cut fat pickled pork in very thin slices, line a deep dish with rich paste, put in a layer of pared and sliced tart apples, then a layer of the thin slices of pork, season with cinnamon, a little butter and sugar, then a layer of apples, pork and seasoning, and so on till the dish is full. Cover with paste. Bake slowly for at least one hour. This will be found excellent. —Window plants should not be kept very warm at this season; they should have all the sun and air, and as little artificial heat of the room as possible. These remarks apply especially to Mignonette, which is very impatient of indoor confinement. Succulents, such as Cacti, are excellent window plants in this respect, as the dry air does not affect them. To keep the air about plants moist is one of the secrets of success in window culture. Some make glazed cases with folding dojrs to enclose the plants, so that when the room gets highly heated and the air dry, they may be enclosed in an atmosphere of their own. In such cases ferns and mosses can be grown to perfection, and pendent in hanging vases, give a Brazillian forest appearance to our nappy Christmas homes. — Gardner's Monthly. —The following is our recipe for curing meat: To one gallon of water, take one and a half pounds of salt, one-half pound of sugar, one-half ounce of potash. In this ratio the pickle can be increased to any quantity desired. Let these be boiled together until all the dirt from the sugar rises to the top and is skimmed off. Then throw it into a tub to cool, and when cold, pour it over your beef or pork. The meat must be well covered with pickle, and should not be put down for at least two days after killing, during which time it shoilld be slightly sprinkled with powdered saltpeter, which removes all th<j surface blood, etc., leaving the meat fresh and clean. Some omit boiling the pickle, and find it to answer well, though the operation of boiling purifies the pickle by throwing off the dirt always to be found in salt and sugar. If this recipe is strictly followed, it will require only a single trial to prove its superiority over" the common way or ways of putting down meat, and will not soon be abandoned for any other. The meat is unsurpassed for sweetness, delicacy and freshness of color.—Germantown Telegraph.

A Game of Chance.

“ Farming is a game of chance, and, in fact, one’s whole life is a game of chance.” Such is the style in which a man of fifty summers and winters writes us from St. Clair County. It is a capital text for every farmer, and every mechanic and every business man to preach himself a sermon from. The sentiment it contains is rude and untrue; the utterance stamps the author, whoever he may be, with, a lack of courage, and a lack of faith in human endeavor. All around him are the materials and forces which a courageous man will seize and employ to win success; the prizes which patient industry and steadiness of purpose may reach are within plain view from every stand-point in life. Is farming a game of chance ? Does a prosperous business in farming depend on chance or luck ? We often hear farmers express themselves in this wise: “ I had bad luck with my wheat this year;” “ I had miserable luck with my lambs this spring—l lost about half the number dropped.” This’ expression is thus applied by different persons |o the several departments of farm business; and it is mine as a sort of excuse for the poor returns or results of the year’s operations. These losses by bad luck, or when the “ game” goes wrong, more than balance the profits, frequently; and there is no hope for those farmers who give up that the chances are against them, and who have not the acumen to discover where the fault lies —how the ill luck arises. If it is carelessness and a want of a systematic course of business they do not seem to know it. If it is caused by inefficiency, lack of thoroughness, order and watchfulnes, they do not appear to perceive it. In these busy years of production what a thought is this that “ farming is a game of chance,” to be found floating on the heaving ocean of agricultural fife. The rich experience of thousands of farmers everywhere relieves us of the duty of making a very labored argument to disprove the idea. If we go to the storehouses of agricultural literature we find numberless cases on record where careful farmers have made money atfarming, and made it steadilv and surely, by adopting certain rules of farm business and following them out strictly. If farming is a Same of chance with any farmer, it is ecause he follows maxims of tliriftlessness instead of the maxims of thrift. There is no business in which men are engaged which is so stable and certain as the business of farming when pursued on business principles. There is no “chance” about it. Why, the men who think it is all chance and good fortune if they get good crops, or chance and ill fortune if they do not, scarcely understand the rudiments of the business in which they have enlisted. And these men are not very scarce—they are, in truth, plenty. The business of the physician, or es the lawyer, is more truly a business of chance. If people do not get sick thfe doctor’s income may be easily counted; if they do his returns are quite ample. If people live moral and peaceable lives, the lawyer starves; if they are vicious and quarrelsome, liis chances are rich and splendid. The bdst es talents may, and often do, fie idle for Want of a chance to use them. Not so tlie farmer -, his business chances ate constant; he never lacks an opportunity to employ his gifts and his knowledge of business rules. Whether the seasons be wet or dry, hot or cool; whether famine prevails in some portions of the world, dr plenty blesses labor everywhere; whether Inteat In e war rages,or peace and industry reign—his business goes right along through all. The nature and wants of the soil re quire continual and hard study. His animals need daily attention and care. His improvements in building, fencing, draining, reclaiming waste lands, and removing obstructions to good culture, are never ended. In addition to these labors he must be ’always providing fertilizing materials to supply the waste that is ever going on. The rich elements of his soil, which he carries off in grain and meat and hay, he must replace, or his farm will run down and his business will become

what our friend whom we quote at the beginning of thia article forms it—a “ game of chance.” No, Heaven baa not left the primitive occupation of man out In the chaotic cold of “ chance..” ’ Laws more certain in their operation, more beautiful in their adaptation to the wants and happiness of man, than those developed in the business of farming, are found nowhere on the earth, —Detroit Tribune.

Look to the Ditches.

Few farmers who raise winter grain have escaped an occasional loss through what is termed “winter killing.” This is usually caused by a superabundance of water in the soil, but sometimes from exposure of the young grain upon bleak, dry and poor knolls and hillsides. Under-draining and deep tillage of all heavy, tenacious and wet soils are the best preventives of winter killing, as well as rust in summer; but there are very few men who have the capital to spend on such improvements, or who feel disposed to make them if they do have it; consequently, the larger proportion of our farmers depend upon open surface ditches to carrv off whatever surplus moisture may fall in the form of rain or snow Grain sown upon level land is, of course, more likely to suffer from drowning out than that sown on an undulating surface, but it is always safe to provide water courses on all kinds of land, in order to secure a uniform stand of plants over the entire field.

It is not every plowman who possesses an eye sufficiently weir trained to detect slight variations in the contour of the surface of a field, consequently mistakes will often occur in locating the ditches or furrows opened for watdr courses, and they can only lie rectified after the commencement of fall rains. It is now time to attend to such matters, and it is far better to destroy a narrow strip of the grain 'in making such ditches than to have large patches drowned out by ponds of whter. A few hours of even days in large fields spent in removing surface «water or preventing its accumulation later in the season may save many a bushel of grain in the next harvest. A hint should be sufficient in this matter, for every farmer knows just the spots in his fields requiring attention, also where the grain has been killed out in past winters, and is likely to be again. In addition to the loss of grain through winter killing in the low, wet places, that great peat of wheat fields, chess or cheat, is usually more abundant in such spots than elsewhere in the fields. Chess, being a more hardy grain than wheat, withstands water and cola better; and when the latter dies out the former has more room to grow, and consequently spreads rapidly, and often takes entire’ possession of these otherwise bare spots. This peculiarity in the growth of chess has led many farmers to believe that the wheat had actually turned into chess. In tn* rich, high soils best fitted for the growth of the wheat plant chess is crowded, and in great part smothered, and makes so little show that the casual observer is likely to overlook it when it is actually present in abundance; but once let the wheat be killed out and the chess tillers rapidly fill up the place made vacant. It is seldom that the soil over a large field is of a uniform fertility, and there are usually more or less poer"spots where the yoqng wheat will show at this season that there is something wrong at the root, either because the soil is too hard to admit of the penetration of the small fibers, or nutriment is not within their reach. A few loads of manure scattered over these spots will not only protect the plants during winter, but generally secure a vigorous growth next spring. If manure cannot be had for this purpose, almost any coarse litter, such as straw, chaff, leaves, or even light vegetable mold from the woods, will answer as a protection as well as add something to the fertility of the soil. Winter grain, growing upon bleak, exposed hills and knolls, is greatly benefited by a slight mulching applied soon after the ground begins to freeze in the fall and early winter; and if every farmer would give proper attention to such matters as Opening the ditches and protecting and manuring the grain on the unfertile and exposed spots in the field, the average of the crop would be largely increased. It is the uniform heavy yield over the entire surface of the land occupied by a crop which tells at harvest time, as well as when the farm accounts are made up for the season.—W. Y. Sun.

Winter Flowing.

Winter plowing is better than fall or spring plowing. The earth is turned up fresh and exposed to the action of the air and frost before rains have settled it. In most soils winter plowing is highly beneficial, and especially in clay soils. There is time now to plow, and to plow deeply and well. The weather is cool and bracing, and the team can do more work, and better work, than in spring, when the weather is warm and debilitating. Many farmers raise colts, and the brood mares carefully worked now are in no manner injured—but in the spring there is some danger in hard plowing. Now is a good time to use three horses abreast in plowing, letting the plow run in deep and turning up the fresh clay, to be pulverized by frost, air and sun. Many farms are nearly worn out by continued cropping. A new farm lies just under the old one. With three horses, plow a foot deep on the worn-out fields this winter, and double your crops for next year, and several following years. We have seen this done often. It will pay twenty times the cost. Now is the time to do it. It will cost you nothing but a little time, and if not occupied in this work, it might be wasted. By all means do all the plowing that can be done tliis winter. Most farmers clear more or less land in winter. Clear strips for the plow, so that the teams can go to work at any time, and plow as fast asyou clear, and do not wait till spring, a Flowing new timber land Is very slow, tedious work, and if it can be dona in winter, it is a big job off of one’s hands in spring. There is time to do it now, and to do it well. Use three horses. The land for oats should by all means be plowed in winter. We have never had good luck in raising oats unless sown in February or early in March. Frequently the ground is too wet to both plow and harrow for the seed bed so early, but if plowed in the winter, and laid in ridges, orback-furrows, so that the water will drain off, it is a veiy easy matter to harrow the ground ana sow the seed, and get this work early off one’s hands. And in nine seasons out of ten, the crop of oats is a good one, and the late sown crop isU poor yne.—Cobnan'e Rural World. —A woman in New York nearly succeeded in cutting out her husband’s tongue not long ago. He came home from his work, and his wife spoke to him, and wlien he attempted to answer she assaulted him with a knife.

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W Al 3 mrTT'D oor their wri, muted th!• foil snd M tl, ffl "i 11 ( 1 or 2 in each Co.) to leli " a few Maple articles of real merit to the farmers in their own counties. Business pleannt, profits good- Particulars free. J. Worm. Bt.lvuls,Mo. o M TAhOGIE of ELEC ANT A I- A I STANDARD BOOKS in all De- • » fowffra ■ partinents of Literature, History. Biography. Poetry. Fiction, the Clatoics, etc.Beut aiirt Vheapeut Books In the WorlU. Address THE BLADK, Toledo, Ohio. FFI? A U —The choicest in the world—lmporters’ JI UAo. prices—Largest Company in Americastaple article—pleases everybody—Trade continual'.; Increasing—Agents wanted even-where—best Inducements—don’t waste time—send for Circular to ROB’T WELLS. Vesey St.. N■ Y. P. Q, Box VIST. fltO JK - E KLAMD/ei- mm XneNrrsble Case. C»VDb. J. P. Fitlzb, bclngsworn.says: I gradnkied in 1&13, appointed to Profeuvr's chair 1450; have devoted 40 yean, exclusively, to Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Gout, Kiduey and Liver diseases. I guarantee DR. FITLLK** RMXUMAIW KEMRDY, Ksdney Cordial, and Liver Pills, a penmaAent sure, or wiH refund mofoty. Pamphkts, Referenoes and Medical Advice rent by mail, gratis. AAdreea DR. FiTLJKR, ttßouthFourth troet,Philadelphia. MKDIUINEM AT DRVGGIBfiL n 'agents wanted for history IENTEN’L exhibition It Bells faster than any other book. One Agent sold <4 copies in one day. send for our extra terms to Agents. National Publishing Co.. Chicago, 111. (Pl Oft per month made selling the Novelty Quiltft lAM ® r .> Buckeye Stationery Package, Chromoo epiuv* Novelties. Buckeye Nov. Co., Clnclnnatl,O. ADVERTISERS DESIRING TO REACH • THE READERS OP THIB STATE CAM DO BO IM TMB Cheapest and Best Manner ar addbxii*im» E. E. PRATT, 19 Jackaoa Street, Chicago, 111. ENIrRPRISE WORKS. i.biuh'.a Th' , Double-Barrel Shot-Gun 111 tbs world 10r41a.11, with fluk and belt Warranted nunlaa jB-oe. Alter, Hl6e», Hevolvenr and Hporlluf Goods equalIi- aa uri-ap. We make the beat ate.l and Iron-rifle barrrialn tire wo.M for the money. Bend for 111 net rated estalozne and irrtcell<t to XAMEM BOWI4 A ■«!«. SSfo <M WmS Street, rittabtera*. Fau

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■B|| MR gife ■Mk ' raiiii.d OpfZrnr hiitrnmeota wwt 1877 Poetpald.-» 1.60. the NvnsEirv. A Monthly Ma*a*lne for Headen SnrEBBLT ItMiBTRAnn. OTSenfl lea ceniefor a Sample Number and Premium-DM. JOHN x«. astonxiT. 86 Bronifield Street* Boston. We are snaking the lanrac/redssetlone ever riven from the nenaf price of grefl> elate flassoe and organs. loane, m that they may hay es ae their PIANOS M>h CHRISTMAS. mowihlyi pricee »«OO te«4oo, rrrme ea*h Hnd js ja ■nonthly rices SIOO to »»00, terete >14)9 cs»k and >SO monthly. ORGANS FOR CHRISTMAS. eaeh and SIO inomhly. Quarterly Pay* ■nents on planoe or organa received Irde* elre.l.l>l<l Inyrum-su >aken inexehassde*. ~yK EKp’S I T»CMPhB e iVF*’ I /IL'MC. life

The Enemy of Disease, the Foe of Pain to Man and Beast, Is the Grand Old MUSTANG LINIMENT, WHICH HAS STOOD THE TEST OF ' SOc - or 51.«0 4 has often saved the life of a human being, and restored to lite and usefulness many it. valuable horse J. & P. COATS _ ’ . ■* ' • ■h»- ji "vt, have been awarded a Medal and Dlplo> ma at the Centennial Exposition and eommended by the Judges Ssr “ SUPERIOR STRENGTH —AMD—EXCELLENT QUALITY SPOOL COTTON.” A. T. GOSHOBN, Pireefer-Gesml. jsRAi.: 3. R. RAWtET, Pres. Am. R. Botblxr. Secretary uro tsm. KMTOHMfi Best Inducements ever offered regarding facilities for lesrnlng practically, securing situations when LEGE, City Hell. Cleveland. Ohio. MARI TWAIR'S HEW ROOK I TOM SAWYER. Is ready for Agents. Don’t get behlrd-hsnd this time,. putoend for REVOLVERS WHO Mew Buffhlo BUI Revolver KPVIW Sent with 100 Cartridges for th FVU, Nickmi PIsTU. Satisfaction guaranteed. Illtulvared Cal al ague FBKK. WESTERN GUN WORKS, Chleaco, 6> Deartxvn-st. fMcOomitok Block). P. O Box SAP. 1838. IM FRAJt. Progressive! Comprehensive! Western Farm Journal, cnaxoadsoo, A Mamvioth Weekly for Coastry and Tows. A PRACTICAL AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPER iMryeob on the Conttnent I ‘ Its columns are replete each week with fresh, Interesting and valuable matter for evety branch of Xndwstrk, while the departments devoted to the FirewMe, Yawstfl) FaHts, Carraat Topics and Jews, receive such especial attention as to render the Jovbxal. in the truest sense, a comjfrte the Furm, the Fireside, or the In the issue for Jan. Ist. 1077, win be commenced n. high-class, instructive serial story, written expressly for the Western Farm Journal, entitled THE LESSON FOR LIFE. HTIt will be read with absorbing interest, as well as profit, by all classes. Warrs vox sdvsxcb shxkt or xxTaxcrs. We want every man and woman In the country to subscribe for the paper and to act as our agent this season. Single subscriptions. a year: only BUSO in clubs. No special authority toact needed. Send in your own subscription and then others as fast as obtained. DON’T DELAY! AH »«b----acrlptlons received during 1876 will run to end of 1877. SAMPLE PAPERS, POSTERS and CIRCULARS Free. Address WESTERN FARM JOUBNAM 126 Washington Street, Chicago. THE “FARM” COLUMN. It coats but one eent to send your «d» dreas by poetal eard to either advertiser In this column, with retweet for further information eoneeraing lbs property advertlaied. FRUIT and Grain Farm for sale. 40 acres, near Makanda, Jackson Co., IIL TX Wellsteed. Makanda. VARIETY OF IMPROVED FARMS and mnr cheap Grazing Lands in Jasper Co., Ind. A finestuck and dgiry country. Price low: paymentsmwFbank W. Babcock. Attorney at Law. Rosl Estate Broker, Rensselaer. Ind. , . mPKCIAL BARGAlNS.—lmproved F«rrn oi* nearly iv 400 acres about two miles from city limits of Omaha: all beautiful land. Tobe soldata sacrifice for cash. As ah lat est ment at the price it cannot be Snr. , P T?ie best Stock sndGrain Farm in Ceatrakl<>Wa.*» • acres; sell all or au undivided p->r: Io a practical former. Rare chance, tluperacre. - Improved Finn of 80 acres in Riley Co.. Kansas, for buildings cost mors MCnev. Bottom land, bn counts road: school-housesiljannt. , 21S seres of choice !aad Hildas Ccnnty. Missouri, (thickly-settled region), fer <8.60 per sore. m»n»rX ff *Ftneßu^'kFarin.'GuUriaCo..fowa, 200acres,for <lB per acre. _ . „ „ . . -. ' 1 AAOACRK imfbovbd fabm-v <a iSm JL jvaJvßobert W ioA AcKKs ’. mo,ti iA woo< y' u iS’ i? c,,rit 14V Wisconsin. Address 8. B. XmOBIMSS, CM- ' 1 1 ' - ‘■f‘—li’)# I g FABMS WAI ‘ TEO - with Western Fanns. Send for circular and blanks. Noebsrgecnlsusale made., E. P.HoTOMKtWiAQe, amhm Faraw _ A n. k'.' "T<~ — irwy wma r«r« d>raß taNbfoFflVMV ’ ’ U-JiL